ACTION NAME: Professional development and staff training towards sustainability issues and practice.

DESCRIPTION
To have at least one inspiring visitor to give lecture to the staff about the issue within this school year and to encourage staff to choose and give funding priority to staff that want to do professional development within this field.

MEASURABLE GOAL
1.At least one lecture to be given on campus for staff.
2. At least 5 staff members to go away on professional development towards sustainability.

TIMEFRAME AND MILESTONES
Before summer 2012 for initial professional development then ongoingwith a minimum one person each year.

RESPONSIBLE PERSONS
Anna Garner and Stig Moltumyr

COSTS/RESOURCES
Max 10.000 NoK for visitor.
Professional development from professional development budget.

RELEVANT FOR:
Increase knowledge and teach staff how to live sustainably, and thereby enable them to be good role models and to teach sustainability.

STATUS:
Bill McKibben gave a guest lecture in October 2010.
New IB course E. Systems and Societies is proving popular with students. The course satisfies the needs of IB group 3 and/orIndividuals Societies and Group 4 Natural Sciences
CAS coordinator/ ESS teacher attended IB workshop on CAS
Academic Programs Director/ ESS teacher now workshop leader in ESS.